AN: Sorry about the super short chapter. I'll post a chapter to something else as well to make up for it!

March 13th:

Walter walked into the VIP room Sam and the kids were using. Jack had stayed the night, piled in bed together like puppies, seeking comfort in each other's embrace. They decided to wait to tell the kids about their impending little brother or sister until they got past the first trimester. Sam had reasoned that if she was going to spontaneously miscarry at her age it would be in the first three months and she didn't want to upset the boys if something happened.

Jack was in the corner doing his paperwork at a rickety looking folding desk from the Nam era. The boys were arguing over the plot for an animated Star Wars show with characters Jack didn't recognize. Sam was making notes on paper next to her laptop as she only had one white board and it was clearly full.

"General sir?" Walter said politely, addressing the ranking officer first regardless that he was there to see Sam.

"Walter, good to see you? Any news on the western front?" He quipped.

"There is sir." He said suppressing a shit eating grin. "I have paperwork from the tribunal." He walked forward and handed it to Sam who looked up in vague interest until her brain was pulled from her computations to what Walter had said.

"What's this?" She asked.

"A determination from the tribunal, Ma'am." He told her with a most un-Waltery grin.

She read them quickly and handed them to Jack.

"Way to go Maybourne." Jack said under his breath. "You know I owe that sleazy rat fink now right?"

"No you don't Jack." Harry said as he strolled in behind Walter nonchalantly. "I have one other loose end to tie up on this but that should be the end of it. You can get back to your lives." He said grinning. He didn't mind Jack calling him what he'd been for years. Still was on his more honest days.

Sam looked at Harry thoughtfully. She got up gingerly at first, wary of another dizzy spell and walked over to the spy turned king and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you Harry. You've really changed since I first met you."

"No, I haven't Sam. I just have people I'm loyal to who are loyal back that's all."

Jack gave him a thoughtful understanding look.

"Well, like I said, I have another loose end to tie up and then I'll be out of your hair. Congratulations on the no longer being under arrest thing Sam." He told her with an amused little smile.

After Harry left Sam looked at Jack. "What do you suppose he means by that?"

Jack seemed to think for a long moment but decided the less she knew the less she'd be mad at anyone. "Couldn't tell yah." He said.

"Couldn't? Or wouldn't General?"

"I plead the fifth Carter." He said, his eyes wide in feigned innocence.

She gave him a dose of the hairy eyeball then rolled her eyes. "You're right. I probably don't want to know."